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01x1buell
Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i was wondering if i should go by the fsm or the tire specs??
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Gixxer86g
Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Did you get the new tires?

I run the pressures as per the manual. 32 front and 36 rear.

(Message edited by gixxer86g on May 14, 2012)
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Buellathebuzzer
Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's just like cars. Use what the vehicle manufacturer recommends.
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01x1buell
Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012 - 06:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ok thanks. Jim I kept the front cause it is still good and got the same tire for the back that i already had( the old one is DONE slick as hell and dangerous .. now i just need to find someone to mount it that wont charge me $50 to do it.
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Buellistic
Posted on Monday, May 14, 2012 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

37 PSI front and 40 PSI rear works for me ...
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Littlebuggles
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Except the Continental's, they call for something like 42psi and you'll want to run them at the recommended pressure by the manufacturer.

32 seems low for the front, even though it's the manual spec I tend to run my front around 34 and the back at 36-38 and prefer the handling there. Rider weight and gear you're packing measure into that too of course and my riding weight is right around 200#.
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Kyrocket
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 01:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This seems like a good place to ask this...which psi checker is the best? I've got two; a small round hand held job and the one on the air nozzle. It's off about 6 - 8 lbs. between them. That's a lot when we're only talking 32 lbs.
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Littlebuggles
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 02:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a digital "slime" brand one I trust the most. I've got several auto parts gauges that all read the same as the digital one, had an old small Buell keychain one that was off the average by about four lbs, too much to use so I chucked it.

They are cheap, your favorite tire shop may give you one for free just for asking. Russ at the Big O gave me an analog one for the mrs's car and it works fine too.

6-8 is a lot of poundage. I found the gauge on my dad's tire nozzle for his compressor is off by a fair bit, so I tend to always check pressure again if I use his stuff. I don't really trust that type of gauge, it's fine for wheel barrows and carts and suck, not so much for vehicles.
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Gixxer86g
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 04:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I use a Milton gauge, the one with the round analog dial.
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